CD-ROMs


Tobacco Zero©: Teaching Kids to Resist Social Influences to Use Tobacco

Social Influences: Students build a personalized avatar and a simluated social network of "friends" and play activities to learn about the peer and social influences of tobacco use.

Interactive Education: The user launches interactive Games and Gizmos from the interface. The Tobacco Zero Games present information in puzzle or video-game format and include a brief quiz.

Engaging Content: The Tobacco Zeroprogram engages students and increases learning, understanding, and retention of key tobacco-related concepts. Computer-based activities make learning fun, and are an effective tool for reaching at-risk students. Each Game and Gizmo targets tobacco initiation and use including, attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and short- and long-term health consequences, with the primary focus on peer influences and social images.  The topics of addiction, environmental tobacco smoke, and tobacco industry marketing are also covered.

Design and Evaluation: Tobacco Zero is designed to be an adjunct to traditional classroom-based tobacco prevention curricula. The program was evaluated with more than 2000 students in 6th, 7th, 8th grades.

Easy to Use: Ideal for staff with little or no experience using computer programs in classrooms - simply insert the CD-ROM into a computer’s disc drive and click the screen to start. Both Mac and PC compatible.

Tobacco Zero User's Guide: This interactive program includes the full-color Tobacco Zero User's Guide, packed with helpful information, including:

  • Educational Objectives, Vocabulary, and Extension Activities
  • How Tobacco Zero fits with popular curricula
  • Reproducible Activity Assessments for students
  • Online Resources

We have developed two separate versions of this new program for specific users:

TobaccoZero© - Individual Package
This package contains the user's guide and 1 disk.
TobaccoZero© - Full Instructional Package
This package contains the user's guide and 35 disks.

ETR Associates is now the publisher of this product.
ETR
Click here for the ETR website.




Tobacco World©: An Interactive Tobacco Prevention Program for Middle School Students

A Unique Approach to Teaching Teens about Tobacco
Engaging & Educational: Tobacco World is designed to be an adjunct to traditional classroom-based tobacco and substance abuse prevention curricula. With nine game-like activities, Tobacco World provides an exciting and interactive experience. The Tobacco World program engages students and increases learning, understanding, and retention of key tobacco-related concepts. Computer-based activities make learning fun, and are an effective tool for reaching at-risk students.

Easy to Use: Ideal for staff with little or no experience using computer programs in classrooms - simply insert the CD-ROM into a computer�s disc drive and click the screen to start

Designed and evaluated with students in grades 6 through 8. To learn more about Tobacco World activities click here.

We have developed two separate versions of this new program for specific users:

TobaccoWorld© - Individual Package
This package contains the user's guide and 1 disk.
TobaccoWorld© - Full Instructional Package
This package contains the user's guide and 35 disks.

ETR Associates is now the publisher of this product.
ETR
Click here for the ETR website.